Sunday, April 30, 2006

I have spent the last week listening to podcasts: especially a new series from the BBC, The Gaurdian, and the New York Times (more later in Media Safe 101). Since I am not one of those people who can read and listen to music or audio documentary programs simultaneously, I create collages as well...(more)

There is a new entry in the Book Corner.

This is what my eight-years-old son discovering the world of books said about reading...(more)

There is a new entry in the Book Corner.

from christine from luebeck, germany

Don’t you love a good yarn about someone else’s travels or tales about how someone lived and survived in another era, culture, country or world foreign to your own? Especially when you can read about all their trails from the comfort of your sofa...(more).

There is a new entry in the Book Corner.

Monday, April 24, 2006

This might sound strange to you, but when I am ill I can not read some books that I normally read (e.g. murder mysteries) because I often have the feeling that my mind and dreams, and in some indirect way, my body is influenced by the content of the books I read. OK, crazy, but true. So, I am always out for the look out for books to put on my “reading myself well” book list...(more)

There is a new entry in the Book Corner.

... Here comes the culture clash: authors dear to my heart are - among others... (more)

There is a new entry in the Book Corner.

from chistine from luebeck, germany

Saturday, April 22, 2006

The flavour of this month as far as podscasts go… Ritmo Latino. Definitely worth listening to. It really gets your tooshy moving.

It also shows you what excellent music is legally available for podcasters and listeners, all in the hope that listeners will perhaps go and purchase the music online. So, look into it, friends and neighbours, and then go in for a spin around your living room.